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How to use the word themselves in a Sentence?

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The nature of those who seek power is not to serve but to serve themselves

Ryan Blackborough

added by RyanBlackborough
26 days ago

People do not relate to softness anymore - in talk or under the guise of misunderstanding - they seem satisfied when they have proved to themselves that softness was feigned or blatant pretence and they were right in thinking hard and ugly thoughts of sarcasm, spite or other hurtful intentions

Rooma Mehra

added by sheila_m
1 month ago

People do not relate to softness anymore - in talk or under the guise of misunderstanding - they seem satisfied when they have proved to themselves that softness was feigned or blatant pretence and they were right in thinking hard and ugly thoughts of sarcasm, spite or other hurtful intentions

Rooma Mehra

added by sheila_m
1 month ago

People do not relate to softness anymore - in talk or under the guise of misunderstanding - they seem satisfied when they have proved to themselves that softness was feigned or blatant pretence and they were right in thinking hard and ugly thoughts of sarcasm, spite or other hurtful intentions

Rooma Mehra

added by sheila_m
1 month ago

People do not relate to softness anymore - in talk or under the guise of misunderstanding - they seem satisfied when they have proved to themselves that softness was feigned or blatant pretence and they were right in thinking hard and ugly thoughts of sarcasm, spite or other hurtful intentions

Rooma Mehra

added by sheila_m
1 month ago

Democracy is a form of government that cannot long survive, for as soon as the people learn that they have a voice in the fiscal policies of the government, they will move to vote for themselves all the money in the treasury, and bankrupt the nation.

Karl Marx

added by Normando
2 months ago

The Care therefore of every man's Soul belongs unto himself, and is to be left unto himself. But what if he neglect the Care of his Soul? I answer, What if he neglects the Care of his Health, or of his Estate, which things are nearlier related to the Government of the Magistrate than the other? Will the magistrate provide by an express Law, That such an one shall not become poor or sick? Laws provide, as much as is possible, that the Goods and Health of Subjects be not injured by the Fraud and Violence of others; they do not guard them from the Negligence or Ill-husbandry of the Possessors themselves.

John Locke

added by Normando
3 months ago

The Rothschilds, and that class of money-lenders of whom they are the representatives and agents -- men who never think of lending a shilling to their next-door neighbors, for purposes of honest industry, unless upon the most ample security, and at the highest rate of interest -- stand ready, at all times, to lend money in unlimited amounts to those robbers and murderers, who call themselves governments, to be expended in shooting down those who do not submit quietly to being robbed and enslaved.

Lysander Spooner

added by Normando
4 months ago

Instead of fostering a system that enables people to help themselves, America is now saddled with a system that destroys value, raises costs, hinders innovation and relegates millions of citizens to a life of poverty, dependency and hopelessness. This is what happens when elected officials believe that people’s lives are better run by politicians and regulators than by the people themselves. Those in power fail to see that more government means less liberty, and liberty is the essence of what it means to be American. Love of liberty is the American ideal.

Charles Koch

added by Normando
4 months ago

Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to themselves, and who were obsessed with fanatical zeal to improve the lot of mankind-in-the-mass through some pet formula of their own. The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional do-gooders, who attempt to set themselves up as gods on earth and who would ruthlessly force their views on all others - with the abiding assurance that the end justifies the means.

Henry Grady Weaver

added by Normando
4 months ago

Don’t be confused by surfaces; in the depths everything becomes law. And those who live the mystery falsely and badly (and they are very many) lose it only for themselves and nevertheless pass it on like a sealed letter, without knowing it.

Rainer Maria Rilke

added by JokerGem
6 months ago

Manchester United is the most generous team I’ve ever seen. They scored two goals for themselves and two for their opponents.

Mr vybs live

added by anonymous
11 months ago

Forgive yourself for the mistakes and try to be a phone call away as they become parents themselves. every person who has experienced sickness or deep suffering knows what it feels like to lay in a hospital and wish for a miracle, and this has been my miracle. I am living my miracle because of his videos and the community that supports him.

Bo Petterson

Found on CNN
12 months ago

This is just another example in a long line of examples of the justices feeling that they are wholly unaccountable to anyone, instead of treating their jobs like the public servants that they should be, they see themselves as above all of us and the rule of law itself.

Sarah Lipton-Lubet

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Basically, we’re concerned about them being able to continue their college pathway if they’re up against both legal as well as monetary barriers to taking care of themselves.

Courtney Brown

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This may impact not only the care that they want to provide as physicians, but also the care they can receive themselves.

Kristyn Brandi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Biden administration has set themselves a good, strong to do list of things that will help with environmental justice and climate protection, they’re moving kind of slow, though. So we’d like them to pick up the pace.

Katherine Pruitt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

People that have the power will use that power to benefit themselves and not the people that have been historically overburdened.

Chris Tessum

Found on CNN
1 year ago

[Xi], the central people’s government and the Hainan government do not see themselves as anti-business, indeed, they see themselves as pro-business on the basis that businesses are all doing the bidding.

Steve Tsang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Sadly, they also have very, very high levels of nicotine. Just the tobacco products themselves, they have really exploded. Part of it is the lack of regulation, and then on top of that, there’s these new oral nicotine products that are unfortunately gaining a lot of popularity from our youth.

Susan Walley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Tourists come here to hike and to see beautiful places, not to find themselves in a traffic jam.

Arnold Schuler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is only when compassion is present that people allow themselves to see the truth.

A.H. Almaas

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

We live in a day and age where people make it impossible for women, men, anyone to embrace themselves exactly how they are.

The Grammy-winner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A new strong order of protection law will provide the broader population cover, safety, from those who are a danger to themselves or the population.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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